Re: [ATM] Material for Tool

["Bob May" <rmay@nethere.com>]

How much is a bag of the Hydrostone?  I've been paying $19 for
25# of it at a time locally (about 40 miles away) so take the
value from there.  I'll note that you'll find it useful as well
as you wife will when she figures out how to work it as it sets.
Carves very nicely for about 15 minutes if you get it just as
soon as it will stay in one spot and not bend or slump about.
It's also neat to do things for around the house by making a mold
and putting some in the mold, swirling it around until it sets
and so forth.
If you do store it, do make sure that it is in a airtight
container because all of that stuff loves to take water out of
the air.
Bob May

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----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Wheaton <junkwheaton@gmail.com>
To: Bob May <rmay@nethere.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Material for Tool


> I ran around yesterday trying to find that.  All I found was
interior
> Plaster of Paris, so I got it.  And now I see that it turns to
mush as soon
> as it gets wet.  So now if I want to get into sculpting, or
make like
> 'Quincy M.E.' or fix holes in the wall, I am all set.
>
> There is a distributor here in Atlanta for USG HydroStone, but
that's 100#
> bags.  Then there is the USG site itself which sells it in
smaller
> quantities, but there again, shipping costs.  But I think I am
going to
> simply grin and bear it and get it online.  With all this
futzing around I
> could have been done by now... but then, I wouldn't have
learned as much,
> and my shop wouldn't have gotten a cleaning today.
>
> -Bill
>

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